On behalf of our Board of Directors, Board Secretary and former Chair Richard Harmston has paid tribute to the lives of four friends of the Group of 78 who have recently left us: Peter Meincke, Susan (Tudy) McLaine, John Stone, and John Meisel. All were outstanding Canadians who made valuable contributions to our work. They will be missed.… Continue Reading Honouring the Lives of Four Friends of the Group of 78
The Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (CNANW) announced, on July 17, that Douglas Roche, a long-time member of the Group of 78, “will receive the Canadian Leadership for Nuclear Disarmament (CLND) 2025 Distinguished Achievement Award. He has devoted himself over many decades to the vital cause of nuclear disarmament and, ultimately, the global abolition of nuclear weapons.… Continue Reading Douglas Roche, O.C. Named 2025 Winner of CLND Award for Distinguished Achievement in Nuclear Disarmament
Two of G78’s community partners (Interfaith 20 and the International Academy for Multicultural Cooperation are hosting three webinars relating to the 80th Commemorative Anniversary of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. In addition to being available on Zoom, these webinars will also be livestreamed on Facebook and YouTube. Register HERE for the August 8 webinar Register HERE for the August 9… Continue Reading IF20 & IAMC host webinars about 80th Commemorative Anniversary of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
CNANW’s Chair, Earl Turcotte, earlier this week published an opinion piece in the Hill Times calling for de-escalation of nuclear threats, total nuclear disarmament, and renewing Canada’s leadership role in the global nuclear disarmament. movement. You may read his OP-ED here.
The Group of 78 plans to engage a report writer for its annual policy conference to be held in Ottawa on October 10, 2025. The theme of the conference is on international development, and the specific title is Redefining development in the new world disorder: Harnessing AI and innovative finance to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. Further information… Continue Reading Chief Reporteur Wanted: Report Writer for Group of 78 Conference
The Group of 78 is pleased to announce that registration for the 2025 Annual Policy Conference is now open. Follow the link provided here for more information.
On July 23, 2025, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion confirming that states violating international treaties and conventions as well as customary legal practices and norms on climate change are open to legal action for damage caused to the environment and to people. This opinion applies particularly to the failure to regulate greenhouse gas emissions… Continue Reading G78 Praises ICJ Opinion on States’ Obligations on Climate Change
In this post, G78’s Past Chair, Dr. Roy Culpeper, provides a briefing on progress made at the recent conference in Seville on financing for development. Citing a Carnegie Endowment report on the event, Dr. Culpeper highlights four important commitments in the outcome document from Seville: alleviating sovereign debt burdens, increasing trade access, expanding public domestic resource mobilization, and… Continue Reading Rekindling Hope: Roy Culpeper on the Seville Financing for Development Conference
G78 Board member Bruce Campbell recently wrote a commemorative article for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (https://www.policyalternatives.ca/) to mark the 12th anniversary of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster. “On July 6, 2013, a train carrying 72 tank cars of toxic shale oil derailed and exploded. It killed 47 people, spilling six million litres of oil—obliterating the centre of… Continue Reading Deregulation, Privatization, and Fiscal Austerity: Remembering Why the Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster Happened
The Broadbent Institute (https://broadbentinstitute.ca/), a progressive Canadian think tank, recently published an insightful paper by Roy Culpeper, Past Chair of the Group of 78, on the current debt crisis facing low- and middle-income countries. The paper argues that the most recent wave of debt began in 2010 and has persisted for the last fifteen years, threatening the social… Continue Reading This Time It’s Worse: The New International Debt Crisis